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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Orson Welles |
| Stars: |
Anthony Perkins |
| Actors: |
William Chappell |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Based On A Novel · Russia · Mystery |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
018111304764 |
| Release Date: |
1963 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 55min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 0min
Release Company: Alpha Video (May 20, 2003)
UPC: 089218415493 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 55min
Release Company: Cable Films (March 01, 2000) |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Orson Welles |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/02/1998, p.4E, Mike Clark): "...A stylistic triumph over budgetary constraints that Welles once called his best film..." -- 4 out of 4 stars |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"It has been said that the logic of this story is the logic of a dream, of a nightmare."--Orson Welles in the opening voice-over narration
"The confusion is impenetrable."--the advocate (Orson Welles) to Block (Akim Tamiroff)
"Does that sentence the entire universe to lunacy?"--Josef K. (Anthony Perkins) to Hastler |
| More Information |
| Details: |
THE TRIAL is Orson Welles's claustrophobic adaptation of Franz Kafka's surreal tale of fear and paranoia in a nameless society. Tinged with background jazz, filmed in shadowy black and white--mostly with direct light--THE TRIAL looks like a classic film noir, with angled close-ups and characters shrouded in mystery. Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K., a seemingly innocent young man who is arrested one morning for an unexplained crime by men who refuse to identify themselves. K., asserting his innocence, sets off on a bizarre series of confrontations with shady government agents, overwhelming faceless courtrooms, and pompous advocates who talk in riddles. His nightmare continues through narrow, dark passageways and colorless rooms where he witnesses various forms of torture and interrogation; some of what he comes upon has echoes of the Nazis and the Holocaust. And nearly everywhere he goes he stumbles over wads of paperwork (the kind that ultimately swallowed up Tuttle in Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL, a fascina... |
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